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His toast was Applied Science , and his speech was as follows : ' Ladies and gentlemen , at this late hour I advise you to illustrate the Applications of Science by applying a lucifer match to the wick of your bedroom candle .
His toast was Applied Science , and his speech was as follows : ' Ladies and gentlemen , at this late hour I advise you to illustrate the Applications of Science by applying a lucifer match to the wick of your bedroom candle .
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At a late hour of the same day , in the Garrick Club , a lounging gentleman produced one of the telegrams , and read it to a group of friends . A chorus of exclamations followed the reading : " Why , I got precisely the same message !
At a late hour of the same day , in the Garrick Club , a lounging gentleman produced one of the telegrams , and read it to a group of friends . A chorus of exclamations followed the reading : " Why , I got precisely the same message !
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Piano lessons 25 cents an hour . " Pausing to listen he heard the young woman trying to play one of Chopin's nocturnes , and not succeeding very well . Paderewski walked up to the house and knocked . Miss Jones came to the door and ...
Piano lessons 25 cents an hour . " Pausing to listen he heard the young woman trying to play one of Chopin's nocturnes , and not succeeding very well . Paderewski walked up to the house and knocked . Miss Jones came to the door and ...
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AFTER DINNER SPEECHES A Frenchman once remarked : " The table is the only place where one is not bored for the first hour . " Every rose has its thorn There's fuzz on all the peaches . There never was a dinner yet Without some lengthy ...
AFTER DINNER SPEECHES A Frenchman once remarked : " The table is the only place where one is not bored for the first hour . " Every rose has its thorn There's fuzz on all the peaches . There never was a dinner yet Without some lengthy ...
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THE PARSON ( about to improve the golden hour ) - " When a man reaches your age , Mr. Dodd , he cannot , in the nature of things , expect to live very much longer , and I29 THE NONAGENARIAN- " I dunno , parson .
THE PARSON ( about to improve the golden hour ) - " When a man reaches your age , Mr. Dodd , he cannot , in the nature of things , expect to live very much longer , and I29 THE NONAGENARIAN- " I dunno , parson .
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| Pealkiri | Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations |
| Editor | Harold Workman Williams |
| Compiled by | Clara Elizabeth Fanning, Harold Workman Williams, Halsey William Wilson |
| Edition | 3, reprint |
| Publisher | H.W. Wilson, 1916 |
| Original from | California Ülikool |
| Digitized | 11 dets. 2007 |
| Length | 483 pages |
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